This Profile is intended as a guide to analyze the dynamics, challenges and progress that define the gender equality landscape in LAC and is presented as a strategic tool to position and strengthen understanding in relation to the advancement of international and regional commitments towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in the region.

It represents a key tool in the promotion of gender equality, as well as for ensuring evidence-based programming by stakeholders, international development partners and the UN System to drive progress and overcome obstacles at national, regional and global levels.